Rachel Cott

Every year, this relay system feels a bit like a baby sea turtle situation. “Welcome to a world that’s harsher than you expected - surprise, you’re in a wheat field with huge plants to compete with - GO!”

@Farmer_Jeff63 That’s what we’re hoping to provide!

@RachelVCott I’ve watched the guys in the corn belt who seem to have success with it but it’s good to see a test closer to home.

Looking good in Scandia, KS! Planted April 24th

Examples - Uses your existing setup and may/may not pay off - risky, but convenient Very “strange” and would take a lot of tweaking and extra effort to accomplish, but has great payoff potential - inconvenient

@Farmer_Jeff63 Good question! We have 2 configurations. This is a 3:1 (3 wheat, 1 soy) with every 4th row of 7.5-in wheat skipped. The soybeans are put into the skips at 30-inch spacing. The other configuration is a 4:2 (4 wheat to 2 soybean) with 4 wheat rows skipped and 2 soy rows on 20s ⬇️

@RachelVCott @KsSoybean @ncrsare What’s the spacing between the rows of wheat?

Wheat in Hutchinson ready for a new adventure - relay milo goes in next week. Chinch bugs aren’t bad and weeds are mostly at bay. Narrow tractor tires and sliding row units will make it happen in the skip rows. Never know if you don’t try 🤷🏼‍♀️

ID that wheat disease to be named an honorary @KStateCropsTeam member 🏆

@FreschlyJon @ChrisLobmeyer Endless questions, just need endless money and space to match 😂

@RachelVCott @ChrisLobmeyer Now next year you're going to need to double the plot size and plant another equal amount with rows running North and South.

Right row is the north row, as it has more southern exposure.

@JeffMurphy10 @jasonmauck1 Always! Looking to scale more on-farm trials next year and perpetually looking for ways to make our research more applicable.

@jasonmauck1 this was @RachelVCott doing the presentation. I talked with her afterwards and she said she might be interested in collaboration.

My local Kansas State University extension teaching and researching wheat soybean relay @jasonmauck1

Guess which row is north 👀 Unique microclimates in this relay system are neat to consider.

Two years ago today, I married the Kansas farmer who DM-ed me a corny pickup line on this app. 🌽 Shoot your shot. …and send all relationship inquiries to master matchmaker @BriannaBuseman

Off to the *relay* races 🌱

… though small plot research does feel a bit like carpet farming compared to @wingfieldfarms and @jasonmauck1

It's giving "Kid in a Candy Store" 🍭 We're loving our new-to-us 6310 and this year's planter modifications. Our crew has been hard at work getting these relay soybeans in the ground. Excited to see how these do! @ncrsare @KsSoybean @AGCOcorp @kstateag @KStateAgron

Had to check out the fabled “i-state” corn on the way home.

Collin did a great job with his poster in Illinois 👏🏻 Excited for these field trials this summer. Thanks to @KsSoybean for sponsoring his research!

It’s been such a FUN week!

🚨 CROP CATS WIN IN ILLINOIS! The results are in after 6 contests in the last 3 days: - 1st place in Precision Ag - 2nd in Crops Judging - 2nd in Professional Portfolio - 3rd in Horticulture. Go 'Cats! #EMAW